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UNFPA equips nursing and midwifery college in South Sudan

calendar_today 19 March 2012

UNFPA equips nursing and midwifery college in South Sudan

JUBA — The United Nations Population Fund, UNFPA in South Sudan congratulated South Sudan’s Minister of Health and the partners involved in building and developing the Juba…

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Providing reproductive health kits for South Sudan refugees

calendar_today 19 March 2012

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Providing reproductive health kits for South Sudan refugees

JUBA — In response to the strained humanitarian situation in South Sudan, UNFPA handed over reproductive health kits to the United Nations Refugee Agency, UNHCR, in Juba on 8…

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Emotions high as cutters denounce female genital cutting

calendar_today 24 February 2012

Emotions high as cutters denounce female genital cutting

AMUDAT, Uganda — It was a moment filled with emotion, that hot and sunny afternoon in a little village of Amudat, north-east Uganda. A group of women once committed to female…

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South Sudan's health professionals given scholarships

calendar_today 02 February 2012

South Sudan's health professionals given scholarships

JUBA, South Sudan — Nine health professionals from South Sudan have been selected to participate in a one-year scholarship to gain additional skills to work as health professional…

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UNFPA launches Condomize Campaign in Addis Ababa

calendar_today 12 December 2011

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UNFPA launches Condomize Campaign in Addis Ababa

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, 6 December 2011 — The UNFPA, United Nations Population Fund, and its partners on Monday launched its Condomize Campaign to promote the use of both female…

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A small boy with a potent message

calendar_today 14 November 2011

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A small boy with a potent message

Malawi — He emerged at 3 a.m., unaware of the significance of his birth in a hospital in Malawi’s Mangochi district. The boy, born to Mayamiko Kachipande just three hours after…

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Women wanting fewer children swim against the tide

calendar_today 31 October 2011

Women wanting fewer children swim against the tide

Mozambique, one of the countries featured in the 2011 State of World Population, is a place where persistent high fertility goes hand in hand with poverty and gender inequality…

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Call to action for health workers to mobilize against FGM

calendar_today 31 October 2011

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Call to action for health workers to mobilize against FGM

6 February 2015 Joint Statement on International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) UNFPA, UNICEF, the International Confederation of Midwives and …

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